PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

For City to be able to convince Pep, Haaland and Marmoush to sign contracts, City must have some very persuasive argument to reassure said players. That is a little reassuring. Players have agents, and lawyers and City have persuaded 3 leading players and coaches that their future in the Premier League is secure. There must have been some form of discussion on this matter otherwise the players reps. are negligent. I cannot believe that to be the case in multiple cases. Not a new argument I know.
 
marco said:
it would be nice to come out of this 100% cleared no fines nothing but it will hurt these people more if we are fined a few million for non cooperation,''they do what they like'' scenario will keep city in there heads and haunt them
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Absolutely, but I think they'll have to at least make a shitty non cooperation charge stick as a face saving exercise.
 
Bez said:
I wonder if Darragh was told to be contrary to whatever Stefan said in order to please the listeners. Some of the stuff he was saying did not make sense if you have ever experienced legal battles. I am sure Darragh knows full well that legal battles are a tug of war and that City and the PL have expended too much energy/resources/cash to go for a settlement at this stage. The time for the settlement was either before the charges were issued in 2023 or shortly thereafter. I think the producer had a word in Darragh's ear and that's why he was spouting nonsense. Or, Darragh was just behaving like a Liverpool fan and his emotions were getting the better of him.
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No chance of any deals now. This fight is till the bitter end.
 
marco said:
it would be nice to come out of this 100% cleared no fines nothing but it will hurt these people more if we are fined a few million for non cooperation,''they do what they like'' scenario will keep city in there heads and haunt them
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The media will just drum up another fake news narrative. Remember we picked the CAS Judges and all the offences were time-barred. Apparently we lost the APT case though the PL broke the law and are liable for compensation and most of the costs. Great stories for the Fantasy Island Gazette.
 
marco said:
it would be nice to come out of this 100% cleared no fines nothing but it will hurt these people more if we are fined a few million for non cooperation,''they do what they like'' scenario will keep city in there heads and haunt them
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A plausible 'conditional non- cooperation' is likely.

Khaldoon will say that it was necessary ONLY due to commercially sensitive plans & information being leaked by our accuser to our rivals.....the PL couldn't be trusted !!

" Once and for all "
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
The media will just drum up another fake news narrative. Remember we picked the CAS Judges and all the offences were time-barred. Apparently we lost the APT case though the PL broke the law and are liable for compensation and most of the costs. Great stories for the Fantasy Island Gazette.
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Exactly. The CAS award baldly stated 12 times that there was no evidence against City on the Etihad sponsorship issue. That was followed by outright lies and misleadingly packaged half-truths, such as:
  • City selected two of the arbitrators (the parties appointed one each and agreed on a third, as the rules provide);
  • UEFA's statute of limitations applied when there'd be no limitation issues under PL proceedings (despite restrictions in the Limitation Act applying in PL proceedings);
  • the CAS standard of proof was too high (you don't meet any standard of proof if there's no evidence, so this is an irrelevant point); and
  • UEFA were remiss in failing to appeal the CAS award (though under the Swiss legal system, an appeal would almost certainly have been laughed out of court).
If we prevail (by which I mean avoid any penalty other than a monetary one) in these proceedings, the bad-faith actors in the media who deliberately try to promulgate this kind of stuff will once again be spreading their poison. Other media figures with no knowledge of the issues may be swayed, while more may well decide that such deceit will earn them clicks. And the idiots among opposing fans whose hate for us is untrammeled will eagerly lap it up.

We'll need a major PR strategy if we prevail, of course, though there's no point in entertaining even for a minute a hope that we can win the hearts and minds of the kind of scum I've referred to in the preceding paragraph. No, we seek to present the actual facts of the case to reasonable people who are open minded enough to want to know the truth, while simultaneously delivering a big, smiling 'Fuck you!' to the rest of them.
 
petrusha said:
Exactly. The CAS award baldly stated 12 times that there was no evidence against City on the Etihad sponsorship issue. That was followed by outright lies and misleadingly packaged half-truths, such as:
  • City selected two of the arbitrators (the parties appointed one each and agreed on a third, as the rules provide);
  • UEFA's statute of limitations applied when there'd be no limitation issues under PL proceedings (despite restrictions in the Limitation Act applying in PL proceedings);
  • the CAS standard of proof was too high (you don't meet any standard of proof if there's no evidence, so this is an irrelevant point); and
  • UEFA were remiss in failing to appeal the CAS award (though under the Swiss legal system, an appeal would almost certainly have been laughed out of court).
If we prevail (by which I mean avoid any penalty other than a monetary one) in these proceedings, the bad-faith actors in the media who deliberately try to promulgate this kind of stuff will once again be spreading their poison. Other media figures with no knowledge of the issues may be swayed, while more may well decide that such deceit will earn them clicks. And the idiots among opposing fans whose hate for us is untrammeled will eagerly lap it up.

We'll need a major PR strategy if we prevail, of course, though there's no point in entertaining even for a minute a hope that we can win the hearts and minds of the kind of scum I've referred to in the preceding paragraph. No, we seek to present the actual facts of the case to reasonable people who are open minded enough to want to know the truth, while simultaneously delivering a big, smiling 'Fuck you!' to the rest of them.
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You missed the best one of all. The Grauniad said CAS did not really clear us because they did not say ‘not guilty’. The article went on to invoke the Scottish criminal law ‘not proven’ verdict which they said meant ‘guilty’ really.
They managed to make no mention of 12 verdicts of “There is no evidence that..”
 
KS55 said:
That gap represents at least half the time I have been supporting City. Glory hunter!
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I was lucky enough to be born after 1976 so I'm quite a way off having half of my lifetime seeing City win things. I guess overall it's a positive that the considerable upbringing of despair and misery never killed my hope and winning the FA Cup and then the league in the way we did was all I needed, everything else has been a bonus. I don't despair now we're in the lowly position of 5th! We'll be back at the top in no time. Some will say it won't be for a couple of seasons but that's still no time relative to the drought we had!
 
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